8 Factors in choosing socks for diabetics

8 Factors in choosing socks for diabetics

Choosing the right socks that is the most important for diabetic patients. To prevent complications and infection if the foot wound, prevent the abrasion of the foot, and also to love easy walking and make the heart feel relaxed.

Important decision considering socks for the diabetes.

1. * the socks have no seams: protect skin friction welded seam embossed socks.
2. * socks to dry. Can absorb the sweat evaporates from the radiance of the skin. Prevention is the source of cultivated fungi and bacteria.
3. * socks made of fabric moisture evaporated out fast dry fabrics is always without bad smell. The inhibition of bacteria.
4. * socks made from fibers, soft and comfortable, foot blood circulation circulation in time, no skin irritation.
5. * socks made from flexible fabric Can adjust the size to fit your feet every size not aggressive at the ankle.
6. * the fabric thickness sufficiently to prevent foot born around the scratch and shock absorption.
7. * there is a bar adjacent to the sole of the foot, silicone To prevent the slip of the patient.
8. * the feet dry. Not pile up of sweat out at the sole of the foot.

Foot care is very important to patients with diabetes.

Patients with diabetes are at greater risk of damage of peripheral nerve (neuropathy), the most common risk. Up at the peripheral nerves of the foot. The diabetes reaction feeling will be reduced.  Cause don't recognize injuries at the feet.  If let the injury was inflamed and infected up to serious danger.

Diabetic patients travel who was admitted to the hospital for the scraping epidermis cell area foot out. If don't get rid of dead skin cells, leave this area will become a hotbed of germs and there is a risk that pathogens. It spread to the bloodstream. The infection may have violence even organ loss.

" Need a warm footbath is approximately 5 minutes before scraping off dead skin cells off the soles of the feet to make the skin soft and scalping the dead skin easily."

Patients with diabetes have to happen with your feet as follows.

* feel symptoms shaft stripes toes when things impact toe can hardly feel.

* sleep to feel pain suddenly at the end of the foot, pain periodically, and pain are more often at night.

* muscle weakness, feet and toes There is no going to wiggle your toes.

* feeling hot flashes pain burning at the end of the foot.

What to do every morning.

1. Check survey foot to find cuts, abrasions, bruises red, itchy rash, position of white fluff between toe and nail foot changed color.

2. Clean: wash your feet clean daily with soap and water, plain or warm water. Do not use the freezing cold water or hot. Wipe your feet as well as between toe to dry. Do not use force.

3. If sweating foot. To dry up.

4. Avoid risk area to pass through.

5. If found little wound immediately flush with water. The healed quickly. First is used sterilizing solution clean wound, but if it's big must consult a doctor.

6. Nails: careful cutting foot nail, nails in the light obviously should cut after bath water. Because the nail is soft. Cut easier should cut straight, do not cut too short.

7. Don't cross your legs: legs are pressed vein, the blood circulation to treat foot inconvenience.

8. Exercise the foot. So that blood flow to the foot.

9. Wear socks.

10. Diabetes control blood sugar is well maintained during 90 - 150 mg%.


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